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The author of the post, a young woman, recently attended her friend’s housewarming party, where she spilled wine on a new throw pillow
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The author vowed to buy a new one, but her determination faded a bit when she learned that it would cost $70
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In a thrift store, however, the author found the same pillow for $12, and bought it for her friend
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The friend refused to accept the pillow, saying that thrifted furnishings are actually gross, and drama ensued
The author didn’t want to buy another pillow, and all of their friends were very divided, too
So, the Original Poster (OP) is 24 years old, and among her closest friends is ‘Wendy,’ who is a year younger. Recently, Wendy, the first of their group of friends to get herown apartment, threw a housewarming party for the occasion. It was during this party—or rather, closer to its end—that the author experienced an unpleasant incident.
Already being quite tipsy (although the author admits that all the guests were actuallydrunk), she spilled wine on Wendy’sthrow pillow. The host was upset—after all, the pillow cost, according to her, a whole $70. But our heroine swore to buy her the same one with her next paycheck.
However, $70 seemed like a significant issue for the woman—especially sinceher paycheckwas not expected anytime soon. In the meantime, Halloween was approaching, and the OPwent thriftingin search of a suitable costume. Imagine her joy when she found exactly the same pillow in one of the thrift stores—for only $12!
As a result, the relationship between the friends deteriorated completely, and all the other friends were divided in their opinions about which of the women was right and who was wrong in the situation. However, our heroine definitely doesn’t want to buy another pillow—a new one this time—and decided to seek support online.
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“I can’t say that in this situation one of the friends is completely right and the other is wrong. On the one hand, if you damaged someone’s property, then you must compensate for the damage. On the other hand, $70 for a throw pillow really seems a bit too expensive,” said Irina Matveeva, apsychologistand certified NLP specialist whomBored Pandaasked for a comment here.
“In this situation, I do suppose, the friendship between the women would hardly be in any danger. And now, in my opinion, the culprit of the incident has only one way out – to go to the store and buy a new pillow for 70 dollars. In the end, friendship – if it’s genuine, is way more important than money,” Irina summed up.
However, there were more among the commenters who were inclined to blame the author rather than her friend. “Soft furnishings from thrift stores are gross,” another person reasonably pondered. “And you’re kind of shaming her about how much the pillow cost, that’s not cool.” And what do you, our dear readers, think about this story?
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